How do you get Diablo 2 in full screen mode?

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skyler2011

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I have the hard copy of Lord of Destruction but I decided it best to download it from blizzard.net (or battle.net, i'm not sure, it's irrelevant) because I thought it might run more smoothly on Windows 7 Home Premium 64. For whatever reason though, it won't run in full screen mode. The game has an inch or so of black bars on the left and right side of it. They appear from the intro (the Blizzard logo), to the main menu and into game play? What can I do about this? Please and thank you!
 

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You need to download and install the Diablo 2 High Resolution Mod.

The downloaded "patch" consists of 4 files:

D2MultiRes.txt
D2MultiResGame.exe
D2MultiRes.dll
D2MultiRes.mpq

Copy D2MultiResGame.exe, D2MultiRes.dll and D2MultiRes.mpq to your Diablo II directory. Run D2VidTst.exe (found in your Diablo II directory) and choose the DirectDraw option.

To run, start D2MultiResGame.exe. Diablo II will start in the standard resolution, when playing a game you will be able to switch to a new, higher resolution. To do so, go to the Video Options menu and select the Resolution menu item. This will bring up a new panel that will list your available resolutions. Click the one you wish to play in and Diablo II will switch to that resolution.
 

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You copied a lot of what they have posted, and it states there are some kinks at least that's the impression I got. Do you know for a fact this will make it full screen? It doesn't really state that anywhere. Also, it says it's unofficial and "It is, for the most part, completed, but there are still a few issues that have not been worked out."
 

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Yes i did, the idea was the summarise the information that they posted there . I know for a fact that it works because i use it at least once a week.. i have not experienced any issues as of yet.
 

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HIS HD 4870 X2
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
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BenQ 22" G2220HD
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
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Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
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Thermaltake Armor+ MX
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Microsoft SideWinder X6
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Razer Abyssus
LoD runs just fine under se7en...as does DII.
I just checked...I don't have any black bars. Then again I have a 4:3 Monitor...if you have a 16:9 you probably have to live with it.
try to change the screen resolution under options Video options.

Good luck
 

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Do you use it with othe games? You don't have to keep doing it for the same game do you?
 

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SledgeDG said:
LoD runs just fine under se7en...as does DII.
I just checked...I don't have any black bars. Then again I have a 4:3 Monitor...if you have a 16:9 you probably have to live with it.
try to change the screen resolution under options Video options.

Good luck
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In order to get Diablo II to run at a res higher then 800x600 you have to use a mod, yes Diablo II runs just fine on 7, the issues he is talking about are known with the res mod itself, not Diablo.
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64 Backtrack 4 R2
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Intel Core i5-650
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Gigabyte P55-UD3
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4 GB Geil PC3 12800
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HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
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Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
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Microsoft SideWinder X6
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Razer Abyssus
I have a lot of games...old and new but I never have to adjust video more than once...that's why games usually have some sort of .ini files.
I didn't even know about a hires mode for such an old game...but then again I don't need it

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skyler2011 said:
because I thought it might run more smoothly on Windows 7 Home Premium 6
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That's why I said it runs fine.
 

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DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600 MHz 5200+
Motherboard
Asus M2N68-LA (Narra)
Memory
Samsung 2GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Sound Card
Onboard nVIDIA nForce 6100-430 (MCP61P)
Monitor(s) Displays
Westinghouse 19" LED
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA II Seagate Barracuda 500GB
USB II WD Elements 500GB
USB II WD My Book 1TB
USB II WD My Book 2TB
PSU
Stock (HP)
Case
Stock (HP)
Cooling
Stock
Keyboard
Logitech Classic KB 200
Mouse
Standard HP opticle USB mouse
skyler2011 said:
Do you use it with othe games? You don't have to keep doing it for the same game do you?
Click to expand...

What do you mean by other games? This mod only works for Diablo II. All you do is run the D2MultiResGame.exe instead of the normal Diablo 2 exe.
 

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Intel Core i5-650
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Gigabyte P55-UD3
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4 GB Geil PC3 12800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
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PSU
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Keyboard
Microsoft SideWinder X6
Mouse
Razer Abyssus
You mentioned you do it every week or so. You have to continually reapeat this? Is it a permanent fix? Or did you mean you play D2 at least once a week?
 

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I play D2 at least once a week, and have had no issues. Sorry for the confusion. ;)
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64 Backtrack 4 R2
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Intel Core i5-650
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55-UD3
Memory
4 GB Geil PC3 12800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
PSU
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Keyboard
Microsoft SideWinder X6
Mouse
Razer Abyssus
I'm pretty sure Windows Vista and 7 has a lot of problems with D2, it's all over the internet. For a while I couldn't play it without the colors being all messed up.
 

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Thanks. I'm going to try that right now. I hope you stick around, because as you can tell. I'm retarded. :)
 

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If you have any issues with D2 just post here again and we will do our best to help you out, run the Mod and see. Let us know.
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64 Backtrack 4 R2
CPU
Intel Core i5-650
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55-UD3
Memory
4 GB Geil PC3 12800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
PSU
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Keyboard
Microsoft SideWinder X6
Mouse
Razer Abyssus
two of the files don't have .txt and .exe at the end of them. is that ok?
 

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d2multires and d2multiresgame
 

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Yes that is ok D2MultiRes.dll and D2MultiRes.mpq are required for the mod to work, just make sure that you run the .exe when trying to play high res.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Professional x64 Backtrack 4 R2
CPU
Intel Core i5-650
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55-UD3
Memory
4 GB Geil PC3 12800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
PSU
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Keyboard
Microsoft SideWinder X6
Mouse
Razer Abyssus
type it in manually?
 

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Sorry, Type what in?
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64 Backtrack 4 R2
CPU
Intel Core i5-650
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55-UD3
Memory
4 GB Geil PC3 12800
Graphics Card(s)
HIS HD 4870 X2
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 22" G2220HD
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
PSU
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
Case
Thermaltake Armor+ MX
Keyboard
Microsoft SideWinder X6
Mouse
Razer Abyssus
.exe? Am I thinking about this too hard? Should I just copy it in like it is?
 

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